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French Political Culture and Radicalization

Apr 27, 2016
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56 minutes

Chris Meserole comes on the show to discuss
The French Connection, a piece in Foreign Affairs based on
research he’s doing with Will McCants. Some of the topics covered
include:
Overview of the study and their initial findings
Problems related to the use of the term ‘radicalization’
The data they used and unique measurements they created to
contextualize it
Limitations in the data available and the conclusions that
makes possible
Reactions and criticism of their work
How younger scholars can get started with quantitative
research
How Chris would like to see the field incorporate data science
in the future
Links:
The French connection: Explaining Sunni militancy around the world
| Brookings Institution
Religional – religion,
conflict & data science - Chris’ site where he’s posting
in-depth articles about the research
Chris Meserole
(@chrismeserole) on Twitter
Karl Morand
(@KarlMorand) on Twitter

Chris Meserole comes on the show to discuss
The French Connection, a piece in Foreign Affairs based on
research he’s doing with Will McCants. Some of the topics covered
include:
Overview of the study and their initial findings
Problems related to the use of the term ‘radicalization’
The data they used and unique measurements they created to
contextualize it
Limitations in the data available and the conclusions that
makes possible
Reactions and criticism of their work
How younger scholars can get started with quantitative
research
How Chris would like to see the field incorporate data science
in the future
Links:
The French connection: Explaining Sunni militancy around the world
| Brookings Institution
Religional – religion,
conflict & data science - Chris’ site where he’s posting
in-depth articles about the research
Chris Meserole
(@chrismeserole) on Twitter
Karl Morand
(@KarlMorand) on TwitterRead less